" "Serving as both a journalistic outlet and a blogging platform, Al Huffington Post Maghreb is a French-language edition of The Huffington Post. The Maghreb version, which covers Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria, is the first time that the news outlet has been launched in a regional format, as opposed to being focused on a single country. ... a press conference was held in downtown Tunis today at the Novotel Hotel. In attendance were CEO Huffington Post CEO Jimmy Maymann, Editorial Director of Al Huffington Post Maghreb Kader Abderrahim, and Managing Editor of Al Huffington Post Maghreb Houeida Anouar. ... According to Maymann [CEO Jimmy Maymann, Editorial Director of Al Huffington Post Maghreb] ... the Huffington Post team quickly realized the need to engage with the Maghreb web community, particularly that of Tunisia. ...“You have a great history for using technology to revolutionize,” he said during the press conference today. “You revolutionized an entire region.” ... “It’s all about conversations,” Maymann expressed. “You get depth [to the stories] by following the conversation,” he added to Tunisia Live today. For Maymann, the comments features of the site are just as valued as the content. ... The website is currently only available in French because the site currently cannot support Arabic script, although Maymann expressed the team’s commitment to making an Arabic version available in the future. ... [NOTE] Maymann added that the way that Al Huffington Post Maghreb is built, in order to join a conversation, you must first verify your identity. He added that verifying individuals’ identities makes it easier for Al Huffington Post Maghreb to take action, if necessary, and it lowers the likelihood of publishing incendiary content. ... “The revolution has already happened here, but the media revolution hasn’t. With our platform, we hope to facilitate that,” Maymann stated. " " [ of no surprise, all four replies are very negative and from men it would appear... fear is overwhelming, but the future of the content should reveal what needs to be... I hope. Aslema ]
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:31:15 +0000
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